Holding device.



. APPLICATION FILED DEC.18,1911.'

E. ERIOKSON.

HOLDING DEVICE.

Patented Sept. 10, 1912.

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UNITED EDWARD EBICKSON, OF BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS.

HOLDING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented Sept. 10,1912.

Application ined December 18, 1911. serial No. 666,393.

To all whom it may concern:

to it known that l, llnwa m Emousox, a citizen of the, United States,"residing in Beverly, county of Essex, and State of Massaclnlsetts, haveinvented an Improvement in Ilolding' Devices, of which the fol lowingdescription, in connection with the accon'ipanying drawings. is aspecification, like letters on thedrawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to a holding device especially designed andadapted among other uses for holdingeggs, and has for its object toprovide a simple, inexpensive and efiieient device with which boiledeggs may be lifted from the water in which they are boiled, withoutliability of burning the hand of the cook or other person, and so thatthe hot water may drain from the egg. The holding device is.alsoconstructed so as to avoid crushing the egg shell, and especially whenthe upper portion of the removed. The holding device maybe provided witha handle by which it can be held while applying it to the egg in the hotwater, arid said'handle maybe provided with a base to'support the deviceupon the table. These-and other features ofthis invention will bepointed out in the claim at the end of this specification.

Figure 1 is an elevation of a holding device ,embodying this invention,and Fig. 2, an elevation of the device shown in Fig. 1 with the handleprovided with a base.

Referring to the drawing, 6 represents a spiral spring having itsopposite ends soldered or otherwise connected together, so as to formthegripping member of the holding device, which is preferably circular inform and is capable of'expanding to receive the eg' c or other article,and of contracting to p grlp the egg w1th suflicient force to insure itsbeing. held against accidental displacement from the holder The grippingmember I) is supported by a plurality ofyielding arms a, herein shown asfour in number and which are curved egg shell is.

of the egg or bent so that thcirlower ends are brought substantiallyclose together to form the body portion ot a basket havlng a resilientrim member. The arms a mav be made of wire.

and bent at their lower ends to form fingers i 10 indicated by dottedlines in Fig. 2, which are pressed or dnven into the end of a wooden orother non-metallic handle 12,

which may be provided with a base 13 as shown in Fig. 2., or leftWithout a base as shown in Fig. 1.

The gripping rim member I) of the basket, is made of a diameter smallerthan the thickest part of the egg or other article to be held, so as tobe expanded by the egg when the latter passes into the basket and toengage the egg with a uniform grip or pressure about its circumference.

In operation, the operator grasps the handle 12 and inserts the basketinto the hot water in the pan or vessel in which the egg is boiled, andforces the gripping mem: her over the larger part of the egg, afterwhich the holding device with the egg in the basket is lifted from thewater and the water on the egg is allowed to drain into the vessel. Theegg may be allowed to cool sufficiently to enable it tobe handled, whenthe holder shown in Fig. 1 is used, or it may be set upon the table inan upright position when the handle is provided with a base as shown inl ig. 2.

It will be observed that the smaller end projects above or beyond theholder a sufficient distance to enable it to be removed by a knifewithout danger of the egg shell being crushed, inasmuch as the lowerpart of the egg is firmly held for its entire circumference by theresilient rim of the basket. in the present instance, I have shown therim of the hasket as a spiral spring having its ends connected together,but it .is not'desired to limit the invention to-this particularconstruction of resilient rim member for the basket.

' I claim- I In a holding device of the character described, a basketfor the reception of the ar- In testimony whereof, I have signed my holeto be held having a rim member comname to the specification 1n thepresence of posed of a spiral spring, resilient arms to two subscribingWitnesses.

which said spring is secured substantially EDl/VARD llRlGlxb'ON. 5 atthe center of the bottom of the basket, Witnesses:

and a handle to which said arms are secured, J AS. H. CHURCHILL,

substantially as described. J. MURPHY.

